As #Delhi roasts at 49.9°c (a record) Maharaja Sur Singh of #Jodhpur#Marwar#Rajasthan sits smoking a #Huqqa without his shirt on!
And, so does his attendant, fanning him in this c1760 CE #IndianMiniaturePainting from the Toby Falk collection sold by Christie's Inc on 27th October 2023 for £5040.
"A brutal #heatwave swept swathes of northwest #India on Friday, with maximum temperatures soaring to a scorching 47.4 degrees Celsius in southwest #Delhi's Najafgarh, making it the warmest place in the country."
Nine Succumb to Heat-Related Incidents in #Rajasthan; Temperatures to Cross 50°C in Many Rajasthani Districts
While a large number of these heat-related deaths took place amidst the searing outdoors, a frequent #PowerOutage nuisance in these areas continues to aggravate the heat problem indoors as well. According to reports, at least 16 areas of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh have recorded maximum temperatures of 45°C or above on Thursday. "
As the #ClimateCrisis forces people to abandon their land in #Rajasthan, a new industry has sprung up in the desert state, with thousands of gaily decorated vans setting off to sell ice-cream across the country. #ClimateChange
In eastern Rajasthan (specifically within Meena/Gurjar communities), two neighboring villages are invited to participate in Kanhaiya Dangal. This ceremony uses Kanhaiya songs to strengthen their unity.
Medeas (the MCs) guide each village through lyrics and musical flow to make connections. The goal being mutual harmony.
The villagers of #Surajpura have built a wall: a 15ft (4.5 metre) #MudBulwark that snakes through barren land for nearly a mile, with an equally long trench dug beneath it. The wall passed its strength test last year when it stopped rainwater runoffs, and the trench channelled the water to parched farms in the #drought-prone region of #Rajasthan in north-west #India. #ClimateChange#WaterCrisis
How ‘clerical error’ in form led to suspension of three Muslim teachers over ‘religious conversion’
When a former student eloped with a Muslim man, a Hindutva organisation accused teachers of instigating her. The Rajasthan education department suspended them.
Two Rajasthan school teachers suspended over ‘love jihad’, conversion allegations; Minister orders probe
According to an order by the education officer, the minister ordered action against the teachers after a local group, Sarv Hindu Samaj, Sangod gave him a memorandum on the matter.
Rajasthan: Dalit Govt Officer Dies by Suicide After Filing Corruption Case Against Sarpanch
Lalit Kumar Beniwal, a 25-year-old village development officer, took his own life on February 18, just three days after he had filed an FIR alleging corruption against the sarpanch of Cheeplata village, where he was stationed.
In Lush, Ancient Chhattisgarh Forest, Thousands Of Trees Cut To Mine Coal For Rajasthan, Threatening Adivasi Homes, Water, Livelihoods
As the union and state governments clear the second phase of mining operations at a controversial coal mine, over 15,000 trees were cut, in addition to 81,000 cut since 2012. Activists say this is an undercount, estimating that another 399,000 trees face the axe for mining coal in the lush forests of Hasdeo Arand. Adivasis worship the trees as deities, depending on them for livelihood. As protests sweep the villages nearby, the removal of trees has intensified elephant-human conflict.
Rajasthan: Muslim Groups Urge Citizens Not to Take Part in Govt Schools' Surya Namaskar Programmes
The Rajasthan high court on Wednesday dismissed a petition challenging the order issued by the Rajasthan Secondary Education Department, Bikaner last month.
Rajasthan: Colleges Hold Ram-Themed Competitions After ISRO Affiliated Organisation’s Letter to CM
In its circular, the Rajasthan Department of College Education has urged all government college principals to comply with India Space Week's letter asking for Ram-themed competitions.
I took this in the Diwan-E-Khas at the City Palace in Jaipur in 2022. The City Palace was erected between 1727 and 1732 by Sawai Jai Singh II. The Diwan-E-Khas is in the Mubarak Mahal Courtyard of the City Palace.
Suspended WFI Holds its Own 'Nationals', Leading to a Quandary for India's Wrestlers
Most of India's top players are giving this tournament a miss and instead attending the 'nationals' organised by the ad hoc committee set up by the Union sports minister early next month, in Jaipur.
3-Year-Old Supreme Court Orders Restricting Internet Outages Is Ignored In India, World’s Leading Offender
Three years ago, the Supreme Court severely restricted State power to shut down the Internet. Yet, in Manipur, a 5,000-hour Internet shutdown was the world’s longest in 2023, the year India also lost more than half a billion dollars due to such outages, according to two new reports.